The car is packed and we’re ready to go. Hope to see you in Portland this weekend! If you’re coming to the show, don’t miss my panel on kimono on Sunday at 10 am. For details, check out Kumoricon.org.
Tag: kimono
August hangover
I suppose in some ways I’m really ready for summer to end. The heat, the dreary day after day boredom, trying to get work done when it’s too hot to think and there’s no one to talk to except the kids and they’re fighting again… yeah, I’m ready for school to start. We had a…
Back from Forest Grove
The fashion show at SakéOne was a success. We have so many fantastic photos, but for now the only pic I have to share is the one I took myself before the models left the dressing room and hit the runway. Our emcee, Gordon Heady stands in the center surrounded by Diane, Shauna, Annie and…
It’s almost showtime!
It’s almost here, kimono fans! The second annual kimono fashion show at SakéOne is nigh upon us. I, for one, am freaking out. I love this show, but it’s a lot of work. Like a fine meal, there’s more prep work than you’ll ever see and it’s gone in just a few minutes. Please join…
Getting busy…
Here’s the flyer I just finished for the upcoming fashion show on July 17 at Between The Covers bookstore in Bend, Oregon. See you there!
Upcoming events for July
For those of you in Oregon or planning a trip to Oregon in July, lucky, lucky you! I’ll be doing two events in July where you will have the opportunity to try on a kimono, have your own appraised, or buy yourself a beautiful vintage one and learn how to wear it. The first event…
I’m back
At long last, I’ve returned to the desert… where it’s raining. All week long I’ve been looking forward to the dry air and warm climate that I’d left behind, only to find it damp, cold and dreary when I got home last night. Oh well. Fanime was fantastic. The show was exhausting, but a lot…
Fun at Fanime
Day one at Fanime con has been wonderful! I’ve met so many of you from the Immortal Geisha and Fanime forums, and it’s been fun dressing some of you, talking about kimono, and just having the opportunity to connect faces to obscure online names. It’s late, I’m happy and exhausted, plus I have to get…
Let’s put on a show!
There is a wonderful little old building in my town that was once a store, ‘way back in the logging-town days (back when Oregon’s economy was all about timber), and more recently refurbished and turned into a home. That home sold a while back and is now a most delightful bookshop. Handy as those chain…
Random Shibori from the Stash
Some days I look around the studio and think “I don’t have enough fabric” which is probably what every fabric junkie thinks at some point or another. Then I have a nice cup of tea, sit down on the sofa and have a look around at the bags, shelves, boxes and piles of silk and…
Frustration
Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, so I’m told. Instead I find my fingers twitching and I’m eager to get back to my piles of fabric, dig right in and work until I fall asleep. Tomorrow I plan to attend a screening of Hannari ~ Geisha Modern at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco,…
Electric bubblegum meisen, revisited
It took about 1.5-2 hours to take it all apart, but fortunately it was all hand-stitched and that always helps. Any kimono-type garments that have been machine stitched at some point are a nightmare to dismantle. Kimono are typically hand sewn of course, but from time to time I come across a vintage piece that…
A love for both the common fiber and the extraordinary textile @KimonoMomo 